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Table 16 - Pitt Commute Mode Distributions by GHG Inventory Year

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Pitt’s Fiscal Year 2020 GHG emissions totaled 186,068 MT CO2e and the distribution of these emissions by source is presented in Figure 4. For comparison, Appendix C includes all detailed past GHG Inventory results, including for Fiscal Years 2008, 2011, 2014, 2017, and 2019.

To contextualize these results, Table 22 compares Pitt’s GHG emissions for all inventories normalized by number of students, total number of University community members, and gross building square footage. Pitt’s total Scope 1, 2, and 3 CO2e emissions are used as the numerator for each calculation. To date, every Pitt GHG Inventory has shown a decrease in every normalized category, which reinforces University-wide progress in GHG emissions reductions.

FY20 saw a decrease in all emissions categories (~7 to 19% decreases). Any categorical GHG emissions increases were generally attributable to process or method changes alongside student, community, and/or building space counts.

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